Monthly Archives: January 2011

Galaxy Tab – Now With Augmented Reality

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Good to see AR being bandied about as a marketing term without much explanation.  Sadly, I still have to explain AR to most people I talk to outside the tech arena, so for now it’s just one of those flashy … Continue reading →

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Music for The Digital Sea

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet You might be wondering, based on the title of this post, if I have a soundtrack for my novel The Digital Sea.  That would be ludicrous, of course.  But, wow, it would be cool.  Music is an integral part of … Continue reading →

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5 Things I Want Kinect To Do

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet The Kinect has become an indie revolution, open sourced and hacked to provide a wealth of effects we haven’t had access to for augmented reality.  The Kinect Hacks site is doing a terrific job covering the revolution, but I … Continue reading →

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Football and a Chapter

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet The last few weeks have been hectic.  I’ve finished five shorts, including a requested story for an anthology, and finished the latest edits on my most recent novel Gamers.  I still have to type in the edits and write … Continue reading →

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Control the Humanoid Robot by Kinect

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Crazy good translation of human movement into the robot.  I wonder if that movement memory can be retained by the robot so they can learn to do complicated actions without reams of upfront programming.

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The Digital Sea – Now Available in Paperback

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet For those of you without an eReader, The Digital Sea is now available on Amazon as a paperback.  The cover looks fantastic and I’m very pleased how the artist, Joseph Roberts, transformed my vague ideas into a beautifully rendered … Continue reading →

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Kinect: Ultra-Seven Code

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet I’m not familiar with the superhero Ultra-Seven, but wearing a boomerang on the back of your head seems like a bad idea.  The Kinect porn superheros can’t be far behind.  Go here for the code.

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The Stainless Steel Rat Created WikiLeaks

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet The Stainless Steel Rat series from Harry Harrison is one of my childhood science fiction favorites.  The books follow James Bolivar DiGriz, aka the Stainless Steel Rat, an anti-hero whose charm and quick-wit make him a likable criminal as he robs … Continue reading →

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Kinect Makes Green Screens Easy

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet As we saw by the recent poll on Games Alfresco, the Kinect is the biggest thing in augmented reality right now.  Even since my last review of Kinect, there have been many new innovations.  Using Kinect as a real time … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality Year in Review – 2010

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Two years ago, in 2009, augmented reality took its first steps into mainstream consciousness.  This last year, 2010, we’ve seen augmented reality really expand into new formats and across spectra. Like I did last year, I’m going to review month-by-month … Continue reading →

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